All the classes are pretty balanced out in different areas, such that wind & lightning are high damage causing classes, water and fire are control/condition causing classes, and earth is for defense.

Lightning is indeed a really powerful class, and I would say it's the one with the highest damage; it is also very easy to form teams with him with ninjas that are not hard to attain, so he is a very popular choice for many players.

a 2 star 9 tail naruto is not often used as he does not work very well with other ninjas, however if you are talking about 3 + star 9 tail naruto, he'll be a good one to use. gaara, i would suggest using him if you have a wind main, if not, it's hard to work with him.

would you consider scarlet blaze strong in the early game? yes, all the classes are strong if you have a good team and are tactical with your battles. any class will be able to beat all the other classes.

not being able to synergize with specific ninjas does not necessarily mean they are weak, you can't expect your ninjas to work with every main. There are certain ninjas that work well with certain classes, such as gaara, i would only use him with the wind main or in ranked battles.

Sorry if i have missed it but, i don't know what class you are, so i can't say whether subbing her in is a good idea or not.

for your first class change choice though, i would suggest choosing a class that has a different battling style than your current, such as if you have a high damage causing main right now, try a controlling class

Well, if you're gonna be a *bag and use the P2W monsters, i think kabuto will help a lot more. Naruto cant get debuffed, and gaara cant get CC'ed. Kabuto can heal both of them at once if they ever take damage, and he can provide clones to tank the peanut auto attacks.

What makes the difference between 2-star 9-tail naruto and 3-star? AFAIK he gets a stat boost and his passive gets a boost. 4-star gets a sweep basic attack, right? What makes him suddenly viable?

Apparently Gaara is a monster tank in the lower levels, regardless of synergy? Of course Wind characters get a boost from him, but isn't he just really good anyways?

So if I were to choose Wind main character to utilize Gaara to his fullest extent before level 60, how would you compliment those two?


I would appreciate your supreme knowledge :)

Gaara is a a very good tank simply because of his shield and the fact that he cant be CC'd. In arena, usually the players who just start dont have characters which can cause poison or burn, which is why Gaara is such a good tank in lower levels.

I only have experience with 2 star Gaara, so im not sure about the higher tiered. In my experience, I would say that the Water Main can be a lot more beneficial if you want to build your team around Gaara. Gaara wouldnt take too much damage, and when he does, your water main would have a boosted heal due to "Healing Tips" While your team stays healthy, the poison from your water main will slowly widdle down the other team.

The wind main is good in teams which want to create high combos. Since Gaara seems to be lacking chase, I dont think she's the best option. Sure she can spam clones and cleanse CC later on, but it wouldnt be helpful as you would need well balanced teams by then. Not just a single tank or two. Which means you might end up swapping out gaara.

Im only lvl 51 right now. But Im Six Paths Sage in Arena on S1.

Gaara can be cc´d . What gaara cant be is combo´d.

i can immobile gaara with shark bomb :D:D:D

that's what i meant, thanks for correcting. Combos usually result in heavy cc, i forgot there was another term for the knockups and floats etc.

Thanks for the clarification :) But I understand he also deals pretty substantial damage for a tank?

Gaara does get a chase (I think at 3-star), High float that causes Knockdown. That's why I was wondering if I should go Midnight Blade, cause he can chase Knockdown.

Yeah, I'm aware that Gaara will fall out of flavor eventually. That's why I'm wondering which character I want to play before level 60. At level 60, I'm probably going to switch to Scarlet Blaze (Fire element).

But I want to utilize him as much as I can, since getting a 4-star ninja and an Elite tank so early is a big boon.

So do you think that if I would want to build a team around Gaara, I should go for status effects like Burn/Poison, or try to stack up Wind ninjas and chain comboes like with Wind main and Kankuro?
Or maybe something else completely?

That depends on you and what you're facing.

This game is like a card game, something like Magic the Gathering. You build a deck of ninjas and they automatically play their cards in certain orders to try and pull off combos. But combos aren't everything. Sometimes just having good deck of answers to what your opponent will do can matter more. So you have to decide what type of deck you want to build. Aggro, control, midrange, combo, removal heavy, board wipe, etc.

The meta will constantly change as more ninjas get unlocked and currently we're in the healers/burst phase where the object is to spam poison and fire and combo as much as possible. Later we'll be moving towards the "everyone is using Shikamaru" phase and you will find that very hard to do.

Theme decks work too. All lightning team with buff can target and eliminate a single character very quickly. Or you might go for *l puppet team with Chiyo, Sasori, and Kankurou.



Since you asked about Gaara... once of the strongest Arena teams I am using is Gaara, Kakashi, Kabuto, and Lightning main. It's basically invincible and combos very well. Lightning main makes up all the dps you need while being able to synergize well should you lose a ninja. Even if Gaara dies and Kakashi too since he gets targeted, all you need is Lightning main and Kabuto to win. If Kabuto dies, you can win with Gaara because he's probably at full health and the enemy is likely low on health because of Kakashi's burning effects.

Try and build some combos and see what you like:
http://*.qq.com/tool/huoying/mnq.htm

Not gonna lie, when I was using my Gaara Stall team, I won alot and rose very quickly through the Arena ranks, but it was an AUTO team, and even if i played manual it was very boring.

Kido tanks,
Heal him a bit,
Use lightning to paralyze.
HEY GAARA CAN SAND BURIAL.
5k DMG, repeat. It was super boring.

But when i built the Kabuto, Kakashi, Sai team, it made combos and it was a lot more fun. There was a lot more choice to have. It's all about what you want to do.

Specifically regarding Gaara and Wind Main, like i said before, Gaara isnt much of a combo machine, so he's not very efficient with the Wind Main which can create a lot of multi hit combos.

this is the difference
http://oi65.tinypic.com/v6rzux.jpg

he becomes a lot more tankier, and his mystery just kills you in one hit.
especially with a medic on the team, you can never really kill him off unless your power is significantly higher.
i have tried it and got his life point to 1/4, but after that round his life point was restored to full health.
for most times when people see him in the arena or in pvp, they just know they are gonna die :'(
it's the you see you cry team lol
even with other kages and jinchuurikis on your team, it'll still be a tough fight

this is why it is very hard and very expensive to upgrade his stars as he'll is one of the strongest ninjas in the game.

gaara is a good ninja to have, but works better with the wind class
if you have other choices i wouldn't use him for the other classes expect for ranked battles

use the two cloning talents, and with gaaras shield and buff it'll be hard for your opponent to even get to you

For Survival Trial I use Sai, sakura, kabuto, and kurnei. Is it good team in my opnion it wastes s lot of combos. I only use it for the first run of it then i switch